Wednesday, 15 July 2009

The pedants are revolting

Watching Dave channel on either Freesat or Freeview, we in the UK are constantly subjected to a series of ads for a beer called Old Speckled Hen. In each, a real live fox happens upon various situations and says something like, "It's different, but it's not a Hen".

In one such, he encounters an attractive female contortionist face down on a snooker table, her weight supported by her upper chest/shoulders, and with her legs arched over from behind and her feet on the baize either side of her head. From here, she cues up a shot (the red goes in, followed by the white if you ask me)

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2943145/contortionist_snooker_player_old_speckled_hen/

I can't help feeling I should be having lustful thoughts about the young lady. I should probably be also craving a pint of the Hen.

I like pretty ladies who can do the splits (especially the one that visited Hastings a couple of years ago with the Chinese State Circus). And I like beer. I even like foxes.

But all I can think when I see this ad is that the rules of snooker clearly state that a shot is a foul if it is played without at least one foot on the floor.

Is that so wrong?